Jean Bock Explained

Jean Bock
Birth Date:1931 1, df=y
Birth Place:, Gouvy, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Education:École normale de l’État de Verviers
Party:PRL
MR
Office:Member of the Parliament of Wallonia
Term Start:1999
Term End:2004
Office2:Member of the Senate of Belgium
Term Start2:1995
Term End2:1999
Office3: from Luxembourg Province
Term Start3:1985
Term End3:1995
Office4: of Gouvy
Term Start4:1983
Term End4:2004
Term Start5:1981
Term End5:1985

Jean Bock (15 January 1931 – 11 September 2022) was a Belgian politician.[1] He was a member of the Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) and later the Reformist Movement (MR).

Life and career

Bock's childhood was impacted by the loss of his mother at the end of World War II. He earned a teacher's diploma from the École normale de l’État de Verviers and conducted his military service from 1951 to 1952. He then taught at the École communale de Limerlé before leaving for the Belgian Congo from 1955 to 1960 in the Kasaï Province. There, he met his future wife, Andrée Léonard, with whom he had two children.

Upon his return to Belgium, Bock ran for office in the Provincial Council of Luxembourg in 1961, but was not elected until four years later. He served in the Council from 1965 to 1981 and served in the cabinets of budget minister Willy De Clercq and justice minister Pierre Wigny.

Bock served as a from 1981 to 1985, of Gouvy from 1983 to 2004, from Luxembourg Province from 1985 to 1995, a member of the Senate from 1995 to 1999,[2] and in the Parliament of Wallonia from 1999 to 2004.[3]

Jean Bock died on 11 September 2022, at the age of 91.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lapraille. Daniel. 12 September 2022. Jean Bock, dinosaure du parti libéral, bourgmestre de Gouvy pendant plus de 20 ans, est décédé. French. L'Avenir. 13 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Jean Bock - PRL-FDF. Senate of Belgium. French.
  3. Web site: BOCK Jean. Parliament of Wallonia. French.